Football

What is there to be said about this loss for Nebraska football? Nebraska had its usual post-game media availability Friday. Matt Rhule spoke and answered questions for about 18 minutes, followed by players, among them Emmett Johnson. But what was there to say to...

Jon Zatechka scored Nebraska football's second touchdown in the second-ranked Huskers’ 29-0 victory against Texas Tech at Memorial Stadium in mid-October 1997. No, that’s not a misprint: Jon Zatechka, the right offensive guard. With 4:59 remaining in the third...

The Nebraska football team is shifting its focus to Iowa after a disappointing loss to Penn State in State College, Pennsylvania, Saturday night. Nebraska lost 37-10 to Penn State, with the Nittany Lions dominating the game from the start. Offensively, Nebraska...

Will the real Nebraska football team please stand up? Husker fans hope it wasn’t the one that showed up at Beaver Stadium in “Happy Valley,” State College, Pennsylvania, Saturday night, the one that lost to Penn State 37-10. That was a Nittany Lion team with a 4-6...

As always, there are plenty of storylines related to Nebraska football’s game against Penn State at Beaver Stadium (capacity 106,572) in University Park Saturday night. Matt Rhule was a football walk-on at Penn State, an equipment manager, a walk-on again, the center...

For the second-consecutive game, Nebraska football I-back Ahman Green ran for four touchdowns. And for the fourth-consecutive game, he rushed for more than 100 yards — 158 on 20 carries. He carried only twice in the second half. Had he seen more playing time after the...

Nebraska football head coach Matt Rhule is ready to see what TJ Lateef can do in his second start leading the team on Saturday. In his first career start, the freshman quarterback had a tremendous day, going 13-of-15 for 205 yards and three touchdowns while adding...

As was the case the previous game, a 27-14 upset at AP second-ranked Washington, now third-ranked Nebraska football relied on the run to overwhelm No. 17, or 16 depending on the poll, Kansas State 56-26 at Memorial Stadium in early October 1997. The victory was the...

Nebraska football heads to southern California this weekend, as you know, without Dylan Raiola, who’s been lost for the season with a broken fibula. It’s a “Brook Berringer moment,” you might say, with previously second-string quarterback TJ Lateef stepping up....

Washington did what Arizona State had done in upsetting top-ranked Nebraska football the previous season. The Huskies’ defense crowded the line of scrimmage to stop the run. What it didn’t do, however, was cover Husker center Josh Heskew. And “if the center isn’t...